Labeling-machine.



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No. 824,690. PATENTED JUNE 26, 1906.

K. G. GILLETTE. LABELING MMJHINE.

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K. 0'. GILLETTE. LABELING MACHINE.

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KING C. GILLETTE, OFBROOKLINE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO LOUlS W. SOUTHGATE, TRUSTEE, OF ,WOROESTER, MASSACHU- SETTS.

LABELING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed January 10, 1903. Serial No. 138,631.

Patented. June as, 1906.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, KING CAMP GILLETTE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brookline, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Labeling-Ma' or thicken when exposed-to the drying influenee of the air, thus making it difiicult to control the flow of this material and apply it to the labels or packa es in just the proper quantity and in a c eanly manner. The

feeding of paste if dependent on gravity cannot be regulated with accuracy because of changes in its density with chan es in temperature, humidity, and the ,li e, and if taken from open boxes by means of pastingbrushes, rolls, fingers, or other .appliances such as have frequently been used in this class of apparatus the adhesive material givest-rouble by drying up or gettin too thick. In the latter case there is a ten ency for the pasting appliances to withdraw too great a quantity of material, which then spreads excessively when applied to the la bels and often passes over the edges thereof and causes a number of labels to stick together, thus interfering with the proper delivery of the labels and with the operation of the apparatus generally.

A main object of my invention is to provide a labeling-machine which will be free from the objections above noted,.and to this end I take'the lue'or other adhesive from a closed receptac e, which may be an original package, and '1 cause the glue to be fed to the oint of delivery to the labels by means of a positivel -actuated pump so constructed and operated that its proper action isyalways insured, the glue being led from the source of supply to this pump and from it to the label's through covered passages, so that the glue does not come in contact with the air at any point, and hence is prevented from drying orthickening and interfering with the proper orieration ofthe apparatus.

Another portion of my invention relates to an arrangement whereby the application of the glue or other adhesive to a label causes the label to adhere to the glue-applyin device, from which'it is transferred directly to the package. I am thereby enabled to in crease the simplicity of construction and cleanliness of operation of my machine and also to prevent the glued portion of thelabels from drying prior to their application to the package. My invention is intended more particularly to be applied to machines for labeling bottles, and certain features of my invention relate to the construction and organization of such a machine as a whole,-with the object of improving upon prior machines with respect to compactness, lightness, simplicity, and adaptability to bottles and labels of different sizes and shapes.

A bottle-labeling machine embodying my improvements in their preferred form is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the complete machine, except that its base is omitted.

tion of the machine with a small part of the same broken away. FigfB is a central vertical section through the upper portion of the machine viewed as in Fig. 1 with certain small parts shown in elevation. 7 Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are plan views showing in detail certain parts hereinafter described. Figs. 7, 8, 9, and 10 are partial sections on the line A A in Fig. 3, showing in plan view an arrangement for operating the glue-feeding device, said arrangement being ill 'stratedin four different positions which it assumes during a complete cycle'of o erations. Figs. 11, 12, 13, and 14 are partia sections on the line B B in Fig. 3, showing the valves of said feeding device in four positions corresponding, respectively, to the positions shown in Figs. 7 .to 10, inclusive. Fig. v15 is a detail section on the line C C in Fig. 3 looking toward the front of the machine. Fig. 16 is a longitudinal section through my preferred form of device for applying glue to the labels, and Fig. 17 is a bottom plan view of a hollow head shown in Fig. 16. 1

The machine illustrated in the accompanying drawings comprises a suitable base (not Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the upper porthereon and carrying the various mechan-fl suppo'it arranged to carry a supply of labels, a set of wipers for pressing the the bottles, and mechanism for actuating said parts andcausing tliem toperform the desired operations in roper-sequence. The arrangement is suchit at as each label is suppliedwith glue it adheres to the glue-applying devices and is separated thereby'from the remainder of the labels and held adjacent to the wipers, from which it is transferred directlyto the bottle. To this end the wipers and the label-support are preferably carried by a sleeve which is supported .by and journaled on the upright standard of the machine and are caused to "oscillate. horizontally in such manner that they are presented alternately beneath the glue-applying devices, the positions thus assumed by said wipers and label-support bein hereinafter termed, respectively, the labe applying and label-receiving positions. The glue-applying devices arevcarried' by the standard, and t e wipers and the support for the labels are separated laterally by a suitable distance to enable themto cooperate with said glue-applying devices, as hereinafter described.

, spective lower ends'of corresponding arms 5 which are carried by u rights 6, secured to Thus, referring to the drawings, 2 indicates the upright stand ard, which carriesthe working parts of my machine, and 3 represents a head or top piece which is supported by and rigidly secured to the topof said standard, as

best shown in Fi 3. Twohollow heads 4 are secured to or ormed integral with the rethe head' 3 and arrange side byside'at such a distance apart as will cause the heads4 tobe separated by about the length of a label. Each of the arms 5 is provided witha passage 7, leading out through the arm from the interior of the corresponding head 4 and connected, preferably, by a flexible connection, such as a rubber tube 8, with a device for supplying a definite redetermined uantity of adhesive materia to'the hollow reads 4 at each operation of the a paratus. This device for applyin the ad esive will hereinafter be'termed t 1e-. glue-pump and forms one of the important features 'of'my invenq tion, beingso constructed that theoperation of its valves is made positive and-automatic andjcannot beinterfered with by the thick adhesive character of the glue. Said gluepump as preferably constructed com rises a casing 9, which may be convenient y lo cated between the'lower ends of the u'prlghts 6 and formed integral therewith-and is bored vertically tofprovide a chamber 10, within abels against.

' downwardly extendin 'naled in the detachab e said piston being forced upward against the pressure ofsaid spring by means of a cam shaped track 15, secured to the movable sleeve 16, hereinafterdescribed, in such a position that the lower end of the stem 13 travels along said trackas the sleeve 16 moves with respect to the head 3.

The track 15 is so shaped that whenthe parts of the apparatus are in the label-applying position the piston 11 will be at the highest point of it's stroke and when said partsare in the labelreceiving position said piston will be at the lowest point of its stroke. For varyingthe length of the stroke of said piston, and thereby re ulating the'quantity of glue forced through the pump at eachstroke, I provide a stoparm 17, which maybeverticallyadjusted with respect to the casing 9 by means of a nut 18 and has one of its ends located over the top of said casing and beneaththe headed upper end of the stem 12inpositiori to be engaged bythe same and arrest its downward 1110\01116111}. As thus constructed the limit of the upward movements of the piston 11 will always be the same, being determined by the highest part of the track. 15; but the dowm ward movements of the said piston will'con- .tinue only until the headed end of the stem 12 comes in contact with the top arm 17, which maybe adjusted to receive and support said stem at any desired point above t owe'st portionof the track 15.;

7 Below thepiston 11 and within the cham- ;ber 10 ,is located a valve-piece 19, which is bored to receive and permit free movement'of the stem 13 and is provided with a ortion 20,, jourottom 21 of the.

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low t e same. Apassage 22 leads from the I chamber 10 at a point opposite the valvepiece 19 to a cross-passage 23, which com- Y municates with. the exible tubes 8, and another passage'24 leads from said chamber at f another pointopposite said'valvepiece 19 to a pipe 25, throng which the glue is supplied and which may be connected directly with an original package of glue. (Not shown.) ,The valve-piece 19 is cut away at difierent partsol itscircumference, as'shown -at 26 and 27, the recesses thus formed being so located that when saidvalve-piece is in a positionin which it closes. theoutlet-passa e 22 the recess 26 will be located opposite t e passage 2 1 and will thus afford communication between the pipe 25 and the chamber 10 above said valve-piece and beneath the pis ton 11, and when said valve-piece 1-9 is in such a position that it closes the inlet-pas sage 24 the recess 27 will provide a communiheads 4. These positions of the valve-piece '19 should evidently correspond, respectively,

with-the up anddown strokes of the piston 11, and for operating saidvalve-piece to accomplish this result I prefer to employ the arrangement best shown in Figs. 7 to 10, inclusive,according to which a block 28 is rigidly secured to the lower end 20 of the valvepiece 19 and is provided with three laterallyprojecting fingers 29, 30, and 31, arranged to cooperate in the following manner with stops 32, 33, and 34, carried by and moving with the sleeve 16 1 the machine are brought into plying position by the turnin of the sleeve 16, as hereinafter described, t e finger 30 is brou ht into contact with the stop 34, and the block '28 is thereby caused to assume the position shown in Fig. 7, the corresponding osition: of theva'lve-piece 19 being shown 1n Fig. 11. In this position thefinger 29is so located thatwhen-the-parts next swing the lab el-apinto the-label-receiving position said finger is'brought into contact with the .stop. 32, with the result that the continued movement of the sleeve 16 causes the block 28,

and with it the valve-piece.19,-to move into the ositions shown in Figs. 8 and 12, in which the inlet-24 is closed and the outletpassage 22 is open. Immediately afterthis position has been reachedthe lower end of the stem 13, to which-the piston 1 1 is secured, slides down an inclined portion of the track 15 to an extent determined by the adjust.- able, stop-arm 17, as 'above described, and thus forces a definite quantity of lue from the chamber 10 into the hollow eads 4. li'nmediatelv after this operation has been coin leted the parts of the machine reach the labe -receiving position in which a label is pressed against the heads 4 and supplied with glue, as hereinafter described. Just before this position is reached the finger 31 is brought into contact with the stop 33, thus causing the block 28 to be moved into the position shown in Fig. 9 and the valve-piece 19 to assume the position shown in Fig. 13, in which the outlet-passa e 22 is still open and the inlet-passage is still closed. The return movement of the parts of the machine into the label-applying position causes the finger 29 to be engaged by the stop 32 and the block 28 to be moved into the position shown in Fig. 10 just before the piston 11 makes its upward stroke, the valve-piece 19 being thereby brought into the osition shown in Fig. 14, in which the oufIet-passage 22 is closed and the inlet-passage 24 is Just before the parts ofv open. This ermits a quantity of glue to be drawn into't e chamber 10 by the upward stroke of the piston 11, and after said stroke has been completed and while the lower end of the stem 13 is traveling upon a horizontal portion of the track 15 the finger 30 comes in contact with thestop 34, whereupon the com 'letion of said return movement brings the block 28 and the "valveiece 19 back into the positions shown in igs. 7 and '11.

For convenience the stops 32 33, and 34 are preferably secured to or formed integral with a late which also carries the track 15.

ach head 4is provided on its bottom face with a number of small perforations 35, which, taken collectively, extend over an area corresponding substantially in size and shape to one of the endportions of the labels which are to be applied.' For example, the head shown in Figs. 16 and 17 has its perforations 35 so arranged as to form a narrow rectangle corresponding in length to the width of a rectangular label. In case oval, circular, or diamond shaped labels are emplo ed the perforations 35 will'be corresponding y arranged, the object being ine'aoh'case to apply a coating of glue to the end of each label without deliverin any gluebeyond the edges of the label. With this construction whenever the parts of the apparatus approach the label-receiving position and a quantity of glue is forced into theheads 4, as above described, an 7 equal quantity of glue exudes through the perforations 35, which quantity is so regulated by means of the stop-arm 17 that it will be just sufficient to glue the ends of one label. In order that the glue. may pass through all the perforations 35, to the same extent, the passages 7 should open into the heads 4 substantially at the centers of the latter, as shown in Fig. '16. A suitable support carrying a supply of labels face down on its top surface is then moved upward by means such as hereinafter described until'the topmost label is brought in contact with the heads 4, whereupon the glue which has been forced through the perforations 35 is spreadover the ends of said topmost label in a thin layer and cause this label to adhere to the bottom faces of said heads. Thelabelsupport is then moved downward away from the heads 4, thereby leaving the glued label adhering to said heads, while the remainder of the labels fall away from the same with the support which carries them. According to thebonstruction shown, my labelsupport consists of a plate 36, carried in a horizontal.- position on the upper end of a vertical rod 37, wlnch 18 mounted to slide in a socket formed in the outer end of an arm 38, secured to or cast integral with the sleeve 16. Said rod and plate are kept from turning with, respect to saidsocket by means such as a guiding-pin 39, securedthereto and entering the arm-38.

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In order to facilitate the location of a pile of labels on the plate 36 in position to make proper contact with the heads 4 and also to adapt my label-support to be used with labels of different sizes and shapes, said plate 36 is adapted to be detachably and adjustably secured to the top of the rod-37 by means such as a horizontally-flanged projection 40, formed on the under side of said plate and arranged to slide in an undercut groove -11, formed in the enlarged upper end of the rod 37, said plate 36 being locked in any desired position by a spring-actuated pin 42, movable vertically in said enlarged end of therod 37 and adapted to engage the under side of the projection 40. This arrangement permits the removal of the plate 36 and the substitution therefor of a similar plate oi a different size or' shape corresponding with a given label. The labels are placed directly on the top of theplate 36, and their edges are kept in propee-alinement by providing said late near one edge with a later ally-ar'ljustalile stop-plate 43 and near its opposite edge with upwardly-projecting pins 44., said stop plate being adjusted and clamped in such position as to bring it and the iins 4-1 close to the edges of the pile of labels. The parts 45% and 44 are so located that they will not in any case strike against the heads -1 when the labels are moved upward against the same.

'1 After the hollow heads 4 have picked up a label lrom the to) of the pile the sleeve 16,

carrying the lube support with it, is swung buck bv means such as hereinafter described until the parts reach the label-applying position. In said position the hollow heads 4 are located directly above and adjacent to the inner edges of a pair of yielding and resilient wipers, as best shown in Fig. 2, in which the label is indicated by dotted lines at 45. As preferably constructed each of the wipers consists of a strip 46 of soft rubber clamped between two plates 47 and 48, thus leaving its inner edge free, so as to be capable of bending downward to permit the passing of a bottle between the wipers, as hereinafter set forth. Said wipers are supported, respectively, upon the outer ends of uprights 49, carried by arms 50, secured to the sleeve 16, and are preferably made adjustable laterally in order that the distance between their opposing edges may be varied to suit labels of different lengths. This iuljustment is provided for according to the arrzmgcmeut shown in Figs. 2 and 3 by forming on the bottom of each upright 49 1 dowmvardly-projecting rib 5l, i:hich"slides in a groove 52, formed in the top of the correspending arm 50, these parts being clamped in any desired position of adjustment by a screw-bolt 53, threaded into the rib 51 and passing through a slot in the arm 50.

The casing 16, which carries the label-support and the wipers, is shown in plan View in Fig. 4 and has a vertical cylindrical portion adapted to be journaled on the upper end of the standard 2 and also by preference vertical walls 54, forming a chamber 55, adapted to contain the lower portion of the glue-pump and its actuating means, said parts being thereby inclosed and protected from accidental derangement as well as from dirt. The chamber 55 is of such a size and shape as to permit the necessary lateral movements of the casing 16 with respect to the glue-pump, and the plate which carries the cam-track 15 and the stops 32, 33, and 34 may conveniently form the bottom of said chamber, the gluepump being operated as previously described by the lateral movements of the casing 16 as it carries the label-support and the wipers from the label-receiving into the label-applying position and back again.

A label having been brought over the wipers in the manner above described, a bottle is then held directly over the label, and the latter is applied thereto by forcing the bottle downward between the opposing edges of the wipers. For this purpose 1 provide a presserarm 56, which is normally located above the position occu )ied by a bottle when held above'its lube and is movable downward in a. substantially vertical direction. When said arm 56 is so moved, it presses the bottle lirst against the label and then between and past the wipers, carrying the label with it. the label from the 1101 owheads 4 and to bring it immediately into contact with the strips 46, which as they yield under the pressure applied to the bottle serve to stretch the label lengthwise and press it firmly against the bottle. By preference I provide just beneath the strips 46 a supplemental pair of wipers, said strips serving to stretch "the label and prevent its wrinklingand the sup )lementary wipers serving to give it a final rubbing pressure against the sides of the bottle. Each supplementary wiper referably consists of a roller 57, journale horizontally between arms 58, extending laterallyfrom a block 59, the axis of said roller being substantially parallel with the inner edge of the corresponding strip 46, The block 59 is mounted to slide laterally in a recess 60, formed in the correspondirfg upright -19, the top and bottom walls of which form guiding-surfaces for said block. The latter has a guiding-stem 61 attached to it and is pressed inward by a spring 62, surrounding said stem, which passes through the upright 49 and has its inward movement limited by the engagement of a pin 63 with said. u right. N o glue will pass through the perf rations 35 after the label has been detached from the heads 4, because said perforations are so small that in the absence of atmospheric or other pressure acting on the glue lhe result ol this 0 )er tion is to detach from within or above the supply-passages the viscosity of the lue, in connection wit the external atmosp eric ressure, will prevent it from escaping from t e heads 4 through said perforations, and it will be seen upon reference to Figs. 11, 12, 13, and 14 that all pressure on the lue-pumpis cut ofi at said pump by the va ve iece 19 inall positions of the parts except iiliat in which the piston 1 1 is performing or about to perform a downward stroke.

In order to accommodate my apparatus to labels which are short relatively to the diameter of the bottleto Which they are to be applied, I provide a pivotal connection between the arms 5 and the head 3 such that the hollow heads 4 may be capable of separating, and thus permitting the passage between them of a bottle of which the diameter is greater than the length of its label. The construction which I prefer to employ for so pivoting the arms 5 is best shown in Figs. 1 and 16, in which 64 represents a supplementary arm journaled on apin 65, secured to the corresponding upright 6, on the outer end of which pin the u per end of the corresponding arm 5 is journalbd and detachably held by a crossin 66 or otherwise. Each arm 64 is provi ed with an extension 67, fitting a socket formed in the corresponding arm 5, so that said arms necessarily move in unison,

-- and is pressed inward or toward the opposite arm 64 by means of a spring 68 until arrested by its engagement with the upright 6. Each arm 64 is also provided with a nipple 69, through which the assage 7 leads and to which one end of t e tube 8 is connected. The object of this arrangement is to rovide for changing the arms 5 and hollow eads 4 to correspond with labels of difierent shapes without having to attach and detach the connections 8 whenever such a change is made, and the object of making saidconnections 8 flexible is to permit the ovement of said arms 5', as above described, as well as to provide a simple and convenient means for making a tight connection between the glue-pas-- sages.

For swinging the sleeve 16 on the standard 2 and operating the presser-arm 56 and labelsupport.36, as above described, I have dewhich is arranged'to be acted upon vised an arrangement, (best shownin Figs. 1

and3) according to which a shaft is journaled in a supportin -bracket 71, secured to the standard .2 and ead 3, and has a belt;- pulley 72 or other driving means secured to its outer end. On the inner portion of the shaft 70 is mounted a sleeve 73, carr ing .a flan e 74, formed to provide a l-atera ly-extending cam 75, and in a socket 76, formed on one side of the top iece 3, is mounted to" slide horizontally a r0 77, the outer end of V by) the cam 75 in opposition to a spring 78; eing' preferably provided with an antifriction-- forced downward thereby until said pro position by a spring roller 79. The rod 77 is connected with the sleeve 16 by means such as a rod 80, secured at one end to the adjacent end of the sliding rod 77 and havin its other end pivotally connected With a ledge 81, carried by said sleeve 16. Thus any horizontal movement imparted te-therodWwill' o erateto turn the sleeve 16 with respect to t e standard 2, and the cam 75 is so sha tioned as to oscillate said s eeve '16 and-the wipers and label-support which it carries from the label-applying to the label-receiving'position and back again during each revolution of the sleeve 73. Said cam 75 is also provided at its highest and lowest points with level portions Whichcaus'e the labelsupport and the wipers, respectively, to remain at rest when in position beneath the hollow heads 4 lon enough to permit the picking up of a label in the\one case and its application to a bottle, in the other case. The connection between the rod 80 and the ledge or shelf 81 is preferably made by means of a pin or bolt 82 passing into a slot 83 formed in said shelf, whereby a rectilinear motion of said rod 80 is permitted while the sleeve 16 and attached arts oscillate, said rod being passed through and guided by a horizontal socket 84, secured to the *top piece 3.

On the inner or front end of the sleeve 73 is formed or provided a radial arm 85, haved and proporing at its outer end a lateral projection 86,

and beneath the path of this arm is located a rod 87 mounted to slide vertically in a bearin formed in the supporting-bracket 71. Said rod 87 is connected with the presserarm 56, preferably by means of a rod 88, mounted .to slide vertically within the standard 2 and carrying said presser-arm at its upper end, the lower ends of said rods 87 and 88 being connected by means of a cross-arm 89, ri dly secured thereto and passing throng a slot in the standard 2. These rods 87 and 88 are normally held in their highest 90, and 91 re resents a ufier consisting o a washer,of eather or. other suitable material, surroundin the rod 87 between the bracket 71 and the crossarm 89 and forming a yielding stop for said cross-arm when it is forced upward by the springJQO." The rod 87 carries at its upper end a head or plate 92', shaped as shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 15, the top edge of this plate being locatedat one side of the sleeve 73, but inposition to be engaged by the projection 86 on the arm as said sleeve rotates and ection moves laterally ofl said top edge. he plate 92 also carries a roller 93, ocated in the path of a cam-finger 94, secured to the sleeve 73, (see Fig. 15,) sothat after the rod 87 has been forced downwardby the action of the projection 86 on the plate 92 and has risen again after said projection has passed outof engagement with said plate the camfinger 94 will presently engage the roller 93 and again force the rod 87 and connected parts downward a short distance.

A lever 95 is pivoted to one side of thecasing 16 and carries on a pivot at one of its ends a han er 96, forming a guiding-sleeve in which is mounted to slide vertically the lower end of the rod 37, which rod is supported u on a spring 97, located between the top of t e han er 96 and a collar 98, secured to said rod. The other end of the lever 95 is bent partially around the sleeve 16, as shown in i 4, and the extreme end 99 of said lever is located at a slightly greater distance from the center of the standard 2 than is the curved portion of said lever adjacent to its end 99. On the plate 92, just above the lever 95 when said parts are in the normal position, is formed a lateral projection 100 of such length that itwill not quite reach as far as the curved portion of the lever 95, to which it is adjacent when the parts of the apparatus are in the labelapply1ng position. As thus constructed the operation of the parts is as follows: Assuming that the sleeve 73 is rotated with the shaft 70 and starting from the position shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 15, the first result of the turning of said sleeve is to force the rods 87 and 88 downward, carrying with them the presser-arm 56, and thereby causing a label to be applied to a bottle held in position over the Wipers. The corresponding movement of the cam has no effect to swing the sleeve '16, because the roller 79 is then traveling on the flat lowest portion of said cam, and inasmuch as the curved portion above referred to of the lever is adjacent. to the projection said projection moves downward past said lever without engaging the same. After the projection 86 has passed off the plate 92 the presser-arm 56 returns to its uppermost position, and thereupon the roller 79 is reached by an inclined portion of the cam 75 and forced forward thereby, thus causing the sleeve 16 to swing laterally and carry the label-support 36 into the label-receiving position beneath the hollow head 4. This brings the end 99 of the lever 95 directly beneath the projection 100. The cam-finger 94 then engages the roller 93 and forces the plate 92 and connected parts downward a .suflicient distance to cause the projection 100 to engage and depress the end 99 of the lever 95, the label-support being thereby lifted sufficiently to bring the pile of labels into contact with the heads 4 and the spring 97 yielding according to the thickness of said pile. Meanwhile the roller 78 is traveling on the fiat highest portion of the cam 75. As

' soon as the cam-finger 94 passes the roller 93 the plate 92 is again forced upward, whereupon the label-supnort and its pile of labels fall away from the hollow heads 4, leaving a label adhering thereto. The roller 79 is then reached by the return incline on the cam 75, and thereupon the sleeve 16 is forced back into the label-applying position, the parts being thus brought back to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 3. In order to limit with accuracy that movement of the sleeve 16 which carriesthe label-support under the heads 4, I prefer to employ an adjustable stopbolt 101, passing through the end wall of the chamber 55 adjacent to the label-sup ort and adapted to engage the outside of e gluepurnp at the end of the movement just referred to. It is usually desirable to drive the shaft 70 continuously, in which case it is necessary to provide some sort of a clutch for detachably locking the sleeve 73 to said shaft and disconnecting it therefrom after the machine has performed one complete cycle of operations. The clutch mechanism which I have devised for this purpose is best shown in Fig. 3 and consists of a collar or hub 102,

secured to the shaft 70 near one end of the sleeve 73 and provided with a number of radial teeth 103. Said end of the sleeve 7 3. is. provided with a lateral projection 104, which is normally held out of the path of'the teeth 103 by a spring 105, which tends to press the I sleeve 73 to the right, as shown in Fig. 3, and .on the o posite end of said sleeve is formed a radial rib chine is at rest a corresponding recess formedin the bracket 71, and thus lock the sleeve against rotation. To start the machine, the sleeve 73 is forced to the left by.

suitable means, thus bringing the projection 104 into the path ofthe teeth 103 and .with- 106, adapted to enter when the ma-.

drawing the rib 106 from its recess, where upon, by the rotation of the-shaft 70 one ofsaid teeth is caused to engage said 1projection, thereby locking the sleeve 73 to t the machine as above describedl' After the rib 106 has been withdrawn from its recess and carried laterally beyond the same the sleeve 73 is prevented thereby from being.

moved far enough to the right to disengage the projection 104 from the teeth 103 with which it is in contact until at the end of one rotation of the shaft 70 said rib 106 is brought back opposite its recess, whereupon the sleeve 73 is instantly slid longitudinally by the spring 105, thereby disconnecting the sleeve 73 from the shaft 70 and permitting said shaft to turirfrcely.

One ofthe features of my invention provides for the starting of the machine by the introduction of-a bottle into its label-receive shaft 70 5 and causing the former to rotate and operate Iroing position, and to this end I combine with 1 the clutch mechanism an actuatin device which is operated by the bottle itse f as it is placed in position. It is to be understood, owever, that other'means for starting the "machine may be employed, if desiredgzind also that this feature of. myinventionis capable of use independently of the other portions thereof In the construction illustrated in the drawings I provide a rod 107, mounted to slide in a suitable supportiand kept from turning therein by a pin-and socket connectiomsuch as shownat 108 in Fig. 3. One end of the rod 107 is locatedadjacent to the position occupied by the end of a bottle when introduced into the machine, and at this end said rod carries a plate 109 or other suitable abutment, while the other end of said rod is normally located opposite the upper end of a lever 110, pivoted to the head 3 and bearing at its lower end against the IS flanged inner end of the sleeve-73. As thus constructed when a bottle is introduced by the attendant into its label-receiving pos tion it is pressed against the plate 109,v and thereby forces the rod 107 against the lever 110, which in turn operates the clutch above described and starts the machine. As soon as thebottle which has just been inserted is labeled and withdrawn from the machine the rod 107, the lever 110, and the sleeve 73 will.

2 5 be free to return to the position shown in Fig.

3 at the end of one rotation oftheshaft 70,-

whereupon the machine will come to rest and will not start again until the next bottle is inserted.

The support for the rod 107 is shown in the drawings as consisting of a block 111, securedto the upper end of the rod 88, the object of this arrangement being to cause the abutment 1 09 to move downward with the successiye bottles as they are forced between the wipers. the abutment 109 may be made in one piece and carried by a hub 112, secured to said rod 107, and are preferably mounted to slide between vertical guides 113 and provided with means, such as a thumb-screw'114,

threaded into said hub, wherebythe presserarm may be adjusted vertically according .to the diameter of the bottles to be labeled.

The complete cycle of operations of m machine may be briefly summarized as f0 lows: After the machine has been started by the insertion of a bottle (shown at 115 in Fig. 3) the presser-arm 56 is operated, thereby forcing the bottle downward between the wipers and causing the label previously picked up by the heads 4 to be applied thereto. The sleeve 16 is then swung horizontally, thereby removing the wipers from beneath said heads 1 and bringing the label-support into the label-receivin position. Said label-support is then raised until a label is brought in contact with the heads 4 and then moves downward, leaving a label adhering to said heads. The sleeve 16 is then swung'back into the label-applying position, whereupon the machine comes to a stop with a label in position over the wipers in. readiness to be applied to the next ottle., Thus with this construction all that the operator In this case the presser-arm 56 and has to do is to pick up the bottles sucessively, insert them into the label-receiving position, and press them against the plate 109, retain- 'n hold of the neck of each bottle while it is be ng forced between the wipers, whereupon the bottle, with its label attached, may be laid to one side While another bottle is being picked up.'

I do not consider my broad invention to be limitedto any specific construction of gluepump or of glueapplying devices, since so far as I am aware I am the first to conduct the glue to the labels wholly through covered passages and also the first to force the glue through such passages by means of a pump having positively-operated valves. So, too, I believe myself to be the first to transfer a lable to a bottle or other package directly from the device which applies the glue to the label, and hence I do not consider my inven tion to be limited to the specific arrangement of parts shown for accomplishing this result. Furthermore, the general construction of my machine and of its details may be greatly varied Without departing from my invention, although, as previously stated, some of the features of the organization and detail construction of my machine form portions of my invention and are hereinafter claimed.

I claim as my invention- 1. In an apparatus of the character described, a glue-applying icker device comprising a stationary hol ow head provided with a plurality of small perforations, in combination with stationary mechanical devices for positively feeding a predetermined quantity of glue into said head through covered devices after each label-applying operation, and means for moving a label-support to said picker device and away from the same.

2. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination of a glue-applying picker having numerous small perforations, of covered passages leading to said picker from a source of supply and stationary p0si- I10 ,tively-actuated mechanical devices, for caus-' ing a ositive flow of a predetermined quantity o glue after each icking operation.

'3'. In a machine of tlic class described, the combination of a hollow glue-applying device I I5 or'picker, a bottle-depressing device above the picker and meansfor depressing it, a laterally-movable label-support adapted to be brought under the picker and to be moved up to the same,,and wiping mechanism adapted 120 to be brought under the picker as the labelsupport is moved away therefrom.

4:. In a machine of the character-described, the combination of a pair of glue-applying h'eads or pickers and means for positively I25 forcing a predetermined quantity of glue to said pickers after each ap lying operation, a label-support and means fbr raising it to the pickers, wiping devices, and means for laterally shifting the wiping devices under the I30 scribed, the combination with a pair of adj acent glue-applying picking devices, said devices pivotally depending from their support and being made hollow, flexible covered passages for supplying glue to said devices, and a positively-actuated glue-pump for forcing a predetermined quantity of glue through said passages after each picking operation.

7. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination with a glueapplying device of a spring-depressed piston for. positively forcing a quantity of glue into-said device, and means for regulatin the quantity of glue, by regulating the fall oi the piston.

8. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination of a pair of pivotally-depending hollow glue-applying devices arranged side by side and adapted to normally swing toward each other, flexible passages connected thereto, a pump connected to said passages and'f'provided with a springactuated piston, means for regulating the expelling stroke of this piston, and means for positively actuating the pump-piston after each label-applying operation.

9. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of hollow pickers and means for, positively forcing glue thereinto, an oscillating frame supported below the pickers and carrying a label-support and wiping devices, means for oscillating said frame to alternately "bring the label-support and the wiping devices under the pickers, means for bringing the label-support and the pickers together, and means for actuating the glue-forcing devices after each label-applying operation.

10. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination with a glue-applying device, consisting of a pair of adjustable heads of covered passages leading thereto from a source of supply, a glue-pump through which said passages pass, and means for regulating'the stroke of said pump.

11. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination with a pair of adjustable hollow heads provided with a plural- 1ty of small perforations, of covered passages leading to said heads from a supply of glue, a glue-pump through which said passages pass, and means for regulating the stroke of said pump.

12. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination of two adjacent hollow heads each provided with a plurality of small perforations which, taken collectively, substantially correspond in size and shape to the end of a label, covered passages leading to each of said heads from a source of supply, a glue-pump through which said passages. pass, and means for regulating the stroke of said pump. 4

13. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination with a glue-applying device, of a glue-pump comprising a body portion containing a piston, inlet and outlet passages, means for actuating said piston, and positively-operated means for controlling saidpassages, the outlet-passage being connected with said glue-applying device.

14. .In an apparatus of thecharacter described, the combination with a glue-apply ing device, of a glue-pump comprising a body portion provided with inlet and outletpassages, means for controlling the same, a piston and means for actuating the same, and means for adjusting the stroke of said piston,

g, said outlet-passage being connected with the gl'uesapplying device.

15. Inan apparatus of the character described, the combination with a glue-applying device, of a glue-pump comprising a body portion provided with inlet and outlet passages, means for controlling the same, a

. spring-pressed piston, means for raising said piston in opposition to its spring, and an adjustable stop arranged to limit the stroke of said piston, said outlet-passage being connected with the glue-applying device.

16. In an apparatus of the character de scribed, the combination of a standard, a sleeve movable with respect to the same, a cam-shaped track secured to said sleeve, a glue-applying device and a glue-pump carried by said standard and comprising a body portion provided with inlet and outlet passages, means for controlling the same, and a spring-pressed piston provided with a stem extending through said body portion and arranged to travel along said cam-shaped track, said outlet-passage being connected with the glue applying device.

17. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination with a glue-applying device, of a glue-pun1p comprising a body portion provided with inlet and outlet -passages, a piston and means for actuating the same, a valve-piece located within said body portion and provided with recesses arranged to register alternately with said inlet and outlet passages, and means for positively actuating said valve-piece, said outlet-passage being connected with the glue-applying device.

'18. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination with a standard, a gluc applying device carried thereby and a sleeve movable with respect to said standbeing connected with said glue-applying device, a valve-piece contained Within said body portlon and arranged to control said passages, a piston and means for actuating.

the same, a three-fingered blocksecured ,to said valve piece, and fixed stops secured to said sleeve and located'in the ath of the fingers of said block, substantial y as described.

19. In an apparatus of the characterdescribed, the combination of -a standard, a 'sleeve movable with respect to the same,

means for-producing a relative lateral movement between said sleeve and standard, a glue-applying device, and means for supplymg glue to said device comprising a pump consisting of a bodyportion provided with inlet and outlet passages, a piston, and

-means operated by the relative movement of said sleeve and standard for actuating said piston-and controlling said inlet and outlet passages;

20.'In a machine of the class described, the combination of a glue-applying device, a pump'connected thereto'and containing a spring-actuated piston, means for regulating the spring-actuated stroke of this piston, an

oscillating frame carrying means for actuating said piston against the action of its spring, means for-oscillating said frame, label-supporting and label-wiping devices carried by said oscillating frame and adapted to be alternately brought under the glue-applying device, and means for bringing the labelsupportin devices and the glue-applying device toget er.

21. In an a paratus of the character described, a labe -applying device comprising a pair of adjacent wipers adapted to permit the passage of a bottle between them, each of said Wipers being composed of flexible, elastic material, in combination with a pair of laterally-slidable supplementary roller-Wipers located beneath the main wipers.

22. In an apparatus of the character'described, a label-applying device comprising two pairs of adjacent wipers arranged to permit the passage of a bottle between each pair, the upper pair of wipers being composed of strips of flexible and elastic material, and the lower pair of wipers being composed of spring actuated rollers movable laterally with reference to eachother, and a pair of glue-applying heads supported above and coincident with said wiper. 1

23 In an apparatus of the character de scribed, a pair of. uprights supported on the framework of the machine and lateracy ad- 'ustable toward and from each other, paral- ,lel spring-actuated rollers journaled on llOIlzontal axes and movable laterally toward and from each other, andfiexible and elastic strips secured-to said uprights above said rollers respectively, and a pair of glue-ap lying heads supported above and coinc'clbnt with said strips.

24. In'an apparatus of the character described, the combination of a supportinghead, two arms detachably pivoted thereto and provided respectively with a glue-applying device and with a passage leading thereto, two spring-actuated supplementary armsjournaled respectively on the same axes as said detachable arms and connected to the latter, and also provided with passages form ing continuations. of the passages in the detachable arms, and flexible-connections se cured to the supplementary arms 811(11001'11- municating'with the passages therein, and leading therefrom to a source of supply.

254 In an apparatus of the character described, the combination of two hollow heads each provided with a lurality of smallperforations, said heads eing movable toward andirom each other and normally separated by about the length of a label, alglue-pump, flexible tubes leading from said pump to said heads respectively, means for applying a label to said heads, and means for applying it to a bottle.

26. In an apparatus of the'character described, the combination with a supportinghead, of two arms detachably pivoted thereto and provided respectively with a glue-applying device, two spring-actuated supplementar-y arms j'ournaled on the same axes as said detachable arms and connected to, the latter, and flexible connections leading from "from said heads, and means for raising said label-support when in the former position.

said glue-applying devices-to a source of sup- 28. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination of a standard, glueapplying heads carried thereby and means for supplying glue thereto, a sleeve mounted to oscillate on said standard, a label-support and label-applying wipers carried by said sleeve, means for presenting said wipers and labelsupport alternately beneath the glueapplying heads, means for moving said labelsupport toward and away from said headswhen beneath the same, and means forforcing a bottle between said heads and wipers.

' 29. In an apparatus of the character de-- scribed, the combination with a label-gluing and label-applying devices bottle-depressing devices and me'ans for operating the same, of

a continuously-driven shaft, and means movable with'the bottle-depressing devices adapt- 'ed to be actuated by the introduction of a bottle for locking said shaft to said operating means. 30. In an apparatus of the character deglue-applying means carried thereby, a sleeve mounted to oscillate on said standard, labelapplying wipers and a label-support carried by said sleeve, and means for oscillating said sleeve comprising a shaft, means for driving" the same, a cam carried by said shaft, a slidmg rod arranged to be operated by saidcam, and connections between said rod and sleeve.

' 31. In. an apparatus of the character de-' scribed, the combination with label-gluing and labelapplying devices. and means for operating the same, of a continuously-driven shaft, a sleeve loosely journaled thereon and provided with means for actuating said operating means, a clutch for locking said sleeve and shaft together comprising a toothedcollar rigidly secured to said shaft, a stud projecting laterally from said sleeve, and means for separating said sleeve and collar, a lever arranged to press said sleeve toward said 001- 2 5 lar, and a sliding rod arranged to operate said lever and provided with an abutment adapted to be engaged by a bottle.

32. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination with a pair of glue- 0 applying heads and a pair of wi iers located adjacent to the same, of means or forcing a bottle between and past said heads and wipers, comprising a sliding rod carrying a presser-arm, a continuously-driven shaft and 3 5 means for rotating the same, a clutch for con- .nectingfisaid shaft to said sliding rod, and means for operating said clutch comprising a rod movable with said resser-arm a1u|.,carrylng an abutment adapted to be engaged by.

a bottle. 40 scribed, the combination of a standard'and 33. In a labeling-machine, the combination of pickers. provided with fine holes in the faces thereof which engage the labels, and .a positively-operated regulable forcing device or causing the paste or gum to exude from said openings, after each picking operation. I

34. In a labeling-machine, the combination of pickers provided with fine holes'in the faces thereof which engage the labels, means for causing the pickers to enga thelabels,

and a positively-operated regu able forcing device for causing the paste or gum to exude from the pickers, in a predetermined quantity after each picking operation.

35. In a labeling-machine, the combina- 5 5 tion of a label-applying device, means for opcrating the same, pickers, a forcing device for the paste connected to the pickers, and means for intermittingly operating the forcing device. i 6o 36. In a labeling-machine, the combination of pickers having holes in the faces thereof which engage the labels, a pump for supplying'gum or paste thereto, means for 8, 1;u

justing the capacity of the pump, and means fis for operating the pump. r In testimony whereof I have hereunto sub scribed my name this 6th day of January,

' KING 0. GILLETTE. f Witnesses:

E. D.'CHAD W1UK,

JOSEPH T. BRENNAN. 

